Corn is one of the agricultural commodities are
expected to tackle the food crisis, and will support national
food security by placing corn as a second crop after rice.
Corn is a source of food, feed and industrial raw materials.
In an effort to improve corn production in the province
of Gorontalo, it should be noted the presence of pests and
diseases that can affect the production of corn. One of the
pests that often and quite important is corn borer Ostrinia
furnacalis Guenee (O. furnacalis Guenee), and the pink stem
borer Sesamia inferens (S. inferens).
O. furnacalisare common in Southeast Asia, Central
Asia, EastAsia, and Australia. In China area these pests
are major pest on corn and other crops (Zhou et al. 2005).
In Indonesia O. furnacalisis is one of the major pests in
cropping maize (Nonci 2004). In addition to pest Gorontalo
O. furnacalis also found the pink stem borer Sesamia
inferens (Lihawa et al. 2010). In 2003, widespread stem
borer pests of corn in the province of Gorontalo reached
1085 haand 10 hapuso (Herman 2007). Moreover due to
stem borer attack has caused physical damage, nutrient
disorders and affects the movement of water and nutrients
in the plant (Anonymous 2006; Capinera 2008; Sandra et